PORTAGE LEARNING- BIOD 151 EXAM 1
| ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What are the six levels of organization in the body? - correct answers atom, molecule,
macromolecule, organelle, cell, tissue, organ, system of organs, and organism
The necessary life function that protects our internal environment from our external
environment is provided by what system? - correct answers Integumentary system
The function of movement is provided by what system? - correct answers Muscular
system
The function of responsiveness is provided by what system? - correct answers Nervous
system
The function of digestion is provided by what system? - correct answers Digestive
system
What is anabolism? - correct answers The building of muscle from obtained proteins
and nutrients
What is catabolism? - correct answers The process of breaking down molecules to form
simpler ones for energy
Excretion involves what system? - correct answers Urinary system
The reproductive system is controlled by what other system? - correct answers The
endocrine system
Which tissue covers the body surface and lines the cavities of the body? - correct
answers Epithelial tissue
What are the three steps in cellular respiration? - correct answers Glycolysis, Citric Acid
Cycle, and Electron Transport Chain
What is the purpose of ATP? - correct answers ATP is a form of energy
Epithelial cells perform what types of functions? - correct answers Protection, secretion,
absorption, filtration
, What are the four basic tissue types? - correct answers Epithelial, Muscle, Connective,
Nervous
Toward or at the body surface is known as what direction? - correct answers Superficial
Away from the body is what direction? - correct answers Deep
Between a more medial and a more lateral structure is what orientation? - correct
answers Intermediate
Toward or at the midline of the body or on the inner side of is what direction? - correct
answers Medial
Away from the head end or toward the lower part of a structure of the body is what
direction? - correct answers Inferior/Caudal
Toward the head end or upper part of a structure is what direction? - correct answers
Superior
Toward or at the front of the body is what direction? - correct answers Ventral
Is the knee proximal or distal to the pelvis? - correct answers Distal
Is the elbow proximal or distal to the hand? - correct answers Proximal
Toward or at the back of the body is what direction? - correct answers Dorsal/Posterior
Closing of a joint is which action? - correct answers Flexion
Opening of a joint is which action? - correct answers Extension
In anatomical position are the hands in pronation or supination? - correct answers
Supination
Why are the hands supine in the anatomical position? - correct answers Because there
are two bones in the forearm, the radius and ulna which cross over one another but
when they are supine, the bones are independent of one another
Define elevation - correct answers The upward movement of a structure
Define depression - correct answers The downward movement of a structure
Define retraction - correct answers moving a body part backward and parallel to the
ground
| ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What are the six levels of organization in the body? - correct answers atom, molecule,
macromolecule, organelle, cell, tissue, organ, system of organs, and organism
The necessary life function that protects our internal environment from our external
environment is provided by what system? - correct answers Integumentary system
The function of movement is provided by what system? - correct answers Muscular
system
The function of responsiveness is provided by what system? - correct answers Nervous
system
The function of digestion is provided by what system? - correct answers Digestive
system
What is anabolism? - correct answers The building of muscle from obtained proteins
and nutrients
What is catabolism? - correct answers The process of breaking down molecules to form
simpler ones for energy
Excretion involves what system? - correct answers Urinary system
The reproductive system is controlled by what other system? - correct answers The
endocrine system
Which tissue covers the body surface and lines the cavities of the body? - correct
answers Epithelial tissue
What are the three steps in cellular respiration? - correct answers Glycolysis, Citric Acid
Cycle, and Electron Transport Chain
What is the purpose of ATP? - correct answers ATP is a form of energy
Epithelial cells perform what types of functions? - correct answers Protection, secretion,
absorption, filtration
, What are the four basic tissue types? - correct answers Epithelial, Muscle, Connective,
Nervous
Toward or at the body surface is known as what direction? - correct answers Superficial
Away from the body is what direction? - correct answers Deep
Between a more medial and a more lateral structure is what orientation? - correct
answers Intermediate
Toward or at the midline of the body or on the inner side of is what direction? - correct
answers Medial
Away from the head end or toward the lower part of a structure of the body is what
direction? - correct answers Inferior/Caudal
Toward the head end or upper part of a structure is what direction? - correct answers
Superior
Toward or at the front of the body is what direction? - correct answers Ventral
Is the knee proximal or distal to the pelvis? - correct answers Distal
Is the elbow proximal or distal to the hand? - correct answers Proximal
Toward or at the back of the body is what direction? - correct answers Dorsal/Posterior
Closing of a joint is which action? - correct answers Flexion
Opening of a joint is which action? - correct answers Extension
In anatomical position are the hands in pronation or supination? - correct answers
Supination
Why are the hands supine in the anatomical position? - correct answers Because there
are two bones in the forearm, the radius and ulna which cross over one another but
when they are supine, the bones are independent of one another
Define elevation - correct answers The upward movement of a structure
Define depression - correct answers The downward movement of a structure
Define retraction - correct answers moving a body part backward and parallel to the
ground
